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Movies that feel like Reign of Fire (2002)

If you loved Reign of Fire, the closest films we have are Elektra (2005), The Scorpion King (2002) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). All three share Reign of Fire's epic and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons -- has much at stake: His mother was killed by a dragon, but his love is still alive.

🍅 42% Rotten Tomatoes6.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Rob Bowmanepickineticdreamlike

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Elektra
2005 · dir. Rob Bowman
🍅 11%4.7action · fantasy · adventure

The same hand behind both of them: Rob Bowman

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.

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The Scorpion King
2002 · dir. Chuck Russell
🍅 40%5.5action · adventure · fantasy

Epic where it counts, kinetic underneath

In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village. Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to his complicated world.

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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
2001 · dir. Simon West
🍅 21%5.8adventure · action · fantasy

Both rooted in London

Orphaned heiress, English aristocrat and intrepid archaeologist, Lara Croft, embarks on a dangerous quest to retrieve the two halves of an ancient artifact which controls time before it falls into the wrong hands. As an extremely rare planetary alignment is about to occur for the first time in 5,000 years, the fearless tomb raider will have to team up with rival adventurers and sworn enemies to collect the pieces, while time is running out. But, in the end, who can harness the archaic talisman's unlimited power?

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Dragon Blade
2015 · dir. Daniel Lee
🍅 36%5.9adventure · history · action

Adventure with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to history than Reign of Fire does

Huo An, the commander of the Protection Squad of the Western Regions, was framed by evil forces and becomes enslaved. On the other hand, a Roman general escapes to China after rescuing the Prince. The heroic duo meet in the Western Desert and a thrilling story unfolds.

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The Mummy Returns
2001 · dir. Stephen Sommers
🍅 46%6.4adventure · action · fantasy

Epic action in both cases

Rick and Evelyn O’Connell, along with their 8-year-old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King’s might: the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and isn’t above kidnapping its new bearer, Alex, to gain control of Anubis’s otherworldly army.

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Highlander
1986 · dir. Russell Mulcahy
🍅 70%7adventure · action · fantasy

Both lean on momentum more than on fantasy

He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.

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Wrath of the Titans
2012 · dir. Jonathan Liebesman
🍅 26%5.7fantasy · adventure · action

Dreamlike adventure, and it commits to that

Perseus tries to live a quieter life as a village fisherman while – dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion – the gods are losing control of the long-imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos.

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Mortal Kombat II
2026 · dir. Simon McQuoid
🍅 64%6.3action · fantasy · adventure

Action built on scale, twice over

The difference: 24 years apart, and the 2020s show

The fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.

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🍅 13%5.2adventure · action · fantasy

Kinetic fantasy, and it commits to that

Archaeologist Rick O'Connell travels to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty who's returned from the dead to pursue a quest for world domination. This time, O'Connell enlists the help of his wife and son to quash the so-called 'Dragon Emperor' and his abuse of supernatural power.

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Green Snake
2021 · dir. Amp Wong
6.8animation · fantasy · action

Both lean on dream logic more than on adventure

While trying to free her sister from Fahai's clutches, Xiao Qing winds up in a dystopian city and meets a mysterious man who can't recall his past life.

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Conan the Barbarian
1982 · dir. John Milius
🍅 68%6.9adventure · fantasy · action

Action approached the same way

A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood massacre, Conan is released from slavery and taught the ancient arts of fighting. Transforming himself into a killing machine, Conan travels into the wilderness to seek vengeance on Thulsa Doom, the man responsible for killing his family. In the wilderness, Conan takes up with the thieves Valeria and Subotai. The group comes upon King Osric, who wants the trio of warriors to help rescue his daughter who has joined Doom in the hills.

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Clash of the Titans
2010 · dir. Louis Leterrier
🍅 27%5.8adventure · fantasy · action

Cut from the same fantasy cloth

Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, Perseus and his warriors will only survive if Perseus accepts his power as a god, defies fate and creates his own destiny.

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